Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by:

From: Dave Jones
Date: Fri Jun 01 2007 - 14:29:19 EST


On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:22:25AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:14:14 -0400
> Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:09:10PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Explain what we use Acked-by: for, and how it differs from Signed-off-by:
> > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > +
> > > +If a person was not directly involved in the preparation or handling of a
> > > +patch but wishes to signify and record their approval of it then they can
> > > +arrange to have an Acked-by: line added to the patch's changelog.
> >
> > Acked-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> What, no Tested-by: ?

Heh. Indeed. I think there's room for both fwiw.

Dave

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